"I've been knackered, but I've just got a wee bit of belief in myself, " he said.

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We ran out of legs -- our two full-backs, Rafael and Evra, are just knackered.

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They'd be absolutely knackered and you thought 'I've ticked that box'.

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But Mrs Perry's views came under fire from Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts, who insisted parents were "doing their best" and were "knackered most of the time".

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Speeding up production meant that workers came home knackered.

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So if our banks are knackered, which all of them have been to a greater or lesser extent, then they become less able to fulfil all the borrowing needs of the economy.

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And at 68 he looks knackered.

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